Who established that anthrax-disease of sheep is caused by Bacillus anthracis?
Paul Vuillemin
Funk
Alexander Flemming
Louis Pasteur
Robert Koch
A
Robert Koch
B
Funk
C
Paul Vuillemin
D
Alexander Flemming
E
Louis Pasteur
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The agent of anthrax is a bacterium called Bacillus anthracis. While other investigators discovered the anthrax bacillus, it was a German physician and scientist, Dr. Robert Koch, who proved that the anthrax bacterium (Bacillus anthracis) was the cause of a disease that affected farm animals in his community.
So, the correct answer is 'Robert Koch'
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